May 21, 2018 | New York Law Journal
Orange County Supreme Court Is on Verge of Judicial HomecomingBut the structure has been controversial in Orange County since it opened to the public in 1970. The roofs leaked, and visitors had trouble navigating the gloomy interior.
By Jeff Storey
6 minute read
December 14, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Presiding Justice Karen Peters Sums Up 34-Year CareerJustice Karen Peters, who has reached the mandatory retirement age of 70, and will end a 34-year judicial career at the end of this month, never has had trouble asserting herself.
By Jeff Storey
21 minute read
November 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal
NY Courts Consider Protecting Against Inadvertent Release of Documents in Commercial CasesIt is no secret that lawyers sometimes make mistakes. But with everyone communicating by email and digital information measured in terabytes, the stakes of error grow ever larger.
By Jeff Storey
8 minute read
November 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Small Law Firms Gather to Get Advice of Their OwnAttorneys interested in the “nuts and bolts” of starting a law firm listened as Matthew Foreman, a solo attorney, described the equipment they'd need.
By Jeff Storey
10 minute read
October 30, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Bar Associations Push for Constitutional Convention With Some DissentA convention would be the first in 50 years; voters turned down all the suggestions of the 1967 convention, which were grouped in a single ballot proposition. In 1997, a convention call was voted down in a statewide referendum.
By Jeff Storey
9 minute read
August 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Buffalo Law School's First Female Dean Has Fresh Ideas, Longtime TiesAviva Abramovsky regards her new position as dean of the state University at Buffalo School of Law as "a kind of homecoming," though she didn't attend the school and is the first dean named from outside in 30 years.
By Jeff Storey
13 minute read
July 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal
NY Seeks to Take On UK for High-Stakes Commercial CasesCasting a wary eye on the competition for big-money business cases posed by the United Kingdom, an advisory panel to New York's Commercial Division has developed a proposal it says would drive home that "the London Commercial Court is not entitled to a monopoly on large lawsuits."
By Jeff Storey
14 minute read
July 03, 2017 | New York Law Journal
New State Court Commission, Named for LGBTQ Pioneer, Begins to Map the FutureMembers of a new commission tasked with addressing LGBTQ issues in state courts have underlined their mission by naming the panel after a Manhattan judge who was a forceful advocate of the gay and lesbian community at a dark time in its history.
By Jeff Storey
12 minute read
June 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal
Fisher to Continue Social Justice Endeavors After Leaving BenchA veteran judge who has championed access to justice for the poor will continue her crusade at a Long Island law school after she retires from two high-level state court positions next week.
By Jeff Storey
14 minute read
June 02, 2017 | New York Law Journal
New State Bar Leader Urges Social Advocacy, Criminal Justice ReformWhen Sharon Stern Gerstman, the NYSBA's new president, appeared before the organization's nominating committee, she quoted the Jewish sage Hillel to describe the approach she would take as president: "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, who am I?" For Gerstman, that ancient teaching resonates in the aftermath of the 2016 election, when more and more lawyers are stepping forward to protect the rights of immigrants, minorities, the press, LGBTQ people, veterans and others.
By Jeff Storey
10 minute read
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